"Erlegter Elefant auf der Farm Lehnin des Herrn Schale nahe Rutenganyo." ("A shot elephant at Lehnin farm owned by Mister Schale near Rutenganio."). A group of Africans with spears is standing to the right and to the left behind a shot elephant lying on the ground facing sidewards. A white man is standing next to its head. In the background: a tent and forest. The picture was probably taken by Adolf Ferdinand Stolz. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
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colored slide no. 3640 photographic prints, 17.7 x 12.8 cm. photographs
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